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Mida’s IMFC resolves over 44,000 investor cases in two years
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) Invest Malaysia Facilitation Centre (IMFC) has resolved more than 44,000 investor cases, achieving a 99.9 per cent implementation rate within two years. […]
Ecuador prison deaths climb again despite Noboa security strategy, data shows
QUITO/GUAYAQUIL, Feb 16 (Reuters) – After hundreds of Ecuadorean inmates were killed in prison riots in 2021 and 2022, President Daniel Noboa made restoring order in jails one of the […]
Cyclone Gezani leaves 59 dead in Madagascar, displaces more than 16,000
ANTANANARIVO, Feb 16 (Reuters) – At least 59 people died when Cyclone Gezani struck Madagascar last week, the disaster management office said on Monday, as it assesses the impact of […]
French police raid Arab World Institute in Epstein-linked probe into Jack Lang
PARIS, Feb 16 (Reuters) – French police on Monday searched the Arab World Institute in Paris in connection with an investigation into its former head, ex culture minister Jack Lang, […]
Restructuring of military doctrine needed to face modern warfare, says Armed Forces chief
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Armed Forces must prepare for “strategic uncertainty” and battlefield challenges that have yet to be fully revealed, says Armed Forces chief Jen Datuk Malek Razak Sulaiman. […]
MACC releases two senior agency officials in RM900,000 graft probe
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has released on bail a director-general and a director of a government agency who were remanded to assist in investigations into the alleged misappropriation […]
Kremlin says main Ukraine issues will be discussed in Geneva talks, including territory
MOSCOW, Feb 16 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that what it called the “main issues”, including sensitive questions of territory, would be discussed in peace talks on Ukraine […]
Midnight ferry trips for Penang’s Miao Hui, CNY bash; kids enter ferry museum free
GEORGE TOWN: Ferry services between Butterworth and the island’s ferry terminal will run until 1am on the nights of Jan 21 and Jan 24 for commuters going to Penang’s Miao […]
Thirty four Australians released from Syrian camp holding IS-affiliated families
ROJ CAMP, Syria, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Syrian Kurdish forces on Monday released 34 Australians from a camp holding families of suspected Islamic State militants in northern Syria, saying they […]
Russia says it downed 345 Ukrainian drones in 24 hours, took two villages
MOSCOW, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said on Monday that it had downed 345 Ukrainian drones in the past 24 hours and taken control of two settlements, state […]